A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924. Experts say the mystery involving the duo ...
Upon further inspection, the crew found that the boot encased a foot wearing a sock with the name "A.C. Irvine" stitched onto ...
They were last seen when they were about 800 feet from the summit. National Geographic Explorer Jimmy Chin described discovering the remains as a ‘monumental and emotional moment’ (Jimmy Chin ...
After 100 years of speculation, remains of one of the first ever Brits to climb Mount Everest have been discovered by a group filming a Nat Geo feature including Oscar-winner Jimmy Chin.
Meru is a 2015 documentary film co-directed by Jimmy Chin and his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. The awe-inspiring film ...
Jimmy Chin, Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher ventured up the North Face of Mount Everest to film a documentary, National Geographic said in an Oct. 11 news release via Business Wire. During the ...
That is, until this latest expedition, when the National Geographic team, which included “Free Solo” co-director Jimmy Chin, discovered a foot inside what they believe is Irvine’s boot.
Jimmy Chin, a mountaineer and filmmaker, said of the find. “We just stumbled upon one of the great discoveries of our time.” In April 1924, Mr. Irvine, a talented engineer but inexperienced ...